Embrace Awkward

Modern American society (and others but I’ll stick to the waters I’m swimming in at the moment) makes it hard to be awkward. Growth and exploration include making mistakes. If you knew all the answers, if you had already felt all those emotions and knew all the “best”...

Tea and chat; or, the social media tangle

An active social media presence is considered a business requisite—and don’t you wonder how it got that way? Leaving that aside for just a second, watching thoughtful friends and acquaintances negotiate the hazards of social media has broadened and deepened my...

Designing for the back of the room

Lately, I’ve been visiting friendly local game stores (FLGSs). Bliss is a completely free hour in a game store with shelves and shelves of games: games I have played until the pieces are worn, games I crowd-funded, games on my birthday list, games I never heard of...